When Helena Petersdotter was born on 6 December 1802, in Algutsboda, Kronoberg, Sweden, her father, Peter Jonasson, was 37 and her mother, Maria Jonasdotter, was 41. She married Anders Widerquist on 15 May 1829, in Augerum, Blekinge, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died on 21 November 1879, in Ljunggårdsköp, Göteryd, Kronoberg, Sweden, at the age of 76.
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Sweden declared independence. Constitutional monarchy established. Russia took Aland Island group from Sweden.
Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden.
Göta Canal opened.
form of Helen , used also in Germany, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, and Eastern Europe.
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